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150 - 200 EUR
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A silver (950) guilloche square pepper mill, in the form of a miniature coffee grinder, opening by a drawer in front, figured L.C. in a round knotted cartouche. Handle in ivory (Elephantidae spp; < 20%; pre-Convention) turned. Minerve and goldsmith's hallmarks, active between 1875 and 1891. Gross weight : 276 g. - H. : 9,3 cm. Scratches from use, shocks to the opening lid, warped, and play in the drawer, to be revised; crack to the handle. The presented lot containing less than 20% worked Elephantidae spp (I/A) ivory, pre-Convention, prior to March 3, 1947 and therefore in compliance with the EC Rule 338/97 of 09/12/1996 art.2-Wmc, the French decrees of August 16, 2016 modified and of May 4, 2017, is on free sale. For an exit of the European Union, a CITES certificate of re-export will be necessary, this one being at the expense of the future purchaser. The delivery of such a document is not automatic. For a possible re-export, it will be up to the buyer to get information - before any purchase - from the customs of the country concerned, especially if it is the United States.
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